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As discussed in its May 21, 2024, budget adjustment study session, over $2.9 million dollars was cut due to budget shortfalls, and one-time funds and some reserves were used to prevent further cuts this year. This approach cannot be used long term. Measure P was placed on the ballot in part to allow the community...

Making Desert Hot Springs safer, providing well-lit streets and business corridors, and keeping neighborhood parks and public spaces clean help protect our local property values by making our community a more desirable place to live, do business, and raise a family. But a combination of state takeaways of local funds, unfunded mandates for local cities...

On July 2, 2024, the Desert Hot Springs City Council unanimously voted to place Measure P- the Desert Hot Springs Fiscal Stability/Local Control Measure- on the November ballot for voter consideration. If approved by Desert Hot Springs voters, Measure P would enact a 1-cent local transactions and use (sales) tax until ended by voters, providing...